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DMRC will use the 99.95 percent punctuality figure to reinforce its reliability brand, and other metro operators will face fresh pressure to publish comparable performance metrics.

This is a rare large-scale public transport performance metric that can be benchmarked against other Indian metros. It also gives DMRC a strong operational story at a time when urban mobility is under pressure.

DMRC will use the 99.95% punctuality figure to justify further driverless expansion, and the next public benchmark will be whether the 29% automation share can rise without hurting reliability.

This is a rare public-transit story with both scale and a technology angle. The driverless share makes it more than a vanity metric: it is a signal of how far Indian urban rail automation has advanced.